HEALTH & THE CITY

As you probably know by now (if you have been following our posts) each week we visit a different healthcare facility located within the...

We went to visit Mt. Sinai Hospital yesterday. It’s a safety-net hospital that serves the southwest side of Chicago. While we were there,...

The Center for Care and Discovery at the University of Chicago Campus designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects, in collaboration with Cannon...

With the need of expanding an existing facility for University of Chicago Medicine, a brand new hospital - the Center for Care and...

Panoramic Views from a Patient Room at the University of Chicago Center for Care and Discovery The University Chicago Medical Center is...

Julia Louie, Project Manager at HDR, met with us to discuss the design of “Focal Point”. Julia has been working on this project for about...

The development of Health Centers began about 50 years ago when President Lyndon Johnson declared the “War against Poverty”. They play a...

After a discussion with  Mr. Erik Andersen, at Forum Studio and with a small discussion with Professor William Worn, we came to an...

Federally Qualified Health Centers are community-based healthcare providers, serving the under-served community and low income group....

How exactly does a physician, hospital, or care center get reimbursed for the services they provide? As discussed in past blogs,...

Heartland Health Centers is a federally qualified health center (FQHC) with more than15 locations in Chicago. We visited the one at...

"So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals"- Genesis 2:20. Similar to the ways early man...

Our first site visit was to go to Illinois Medical District. We went to Rush University Medical Center, Stroger Hospital and the UIC...

Heartland Community Health Center Located at 1300 W Devon Ave, Chicago, IL 60660, this health center is the only one in the state of...

What does Iron man and Emergency entrance bays in hospitals have in common? We see Tony stark trying really hard to somehow reveal the...

The Illinois Medical District (IMD) is a 560-acre medical campus which has research facilities, two universities, labs and a biotech...

After meeting with Mr. Erik Andersen, Principal, Forum Studio in their Chicago Office, we headed with him to the Cook County Health &...

Scenario X: You have known for a while now that your dad was going in for a scheduled knee surgery, a procedure that should follow...

The Sinai Health Systems work with the mission of improving the health of individuals and the communities around. They serve about 20...